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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2014
Applicant:
General Fusion, Inc., Burnaby, CA;
Inventors:
Stephen James Howard, Port Moody, CA;
Michel Georges Laberge, West Vancouver, CA;
Lon McIlwraith, Delta, CA;
Douglas Harvey Richardson, Anmore, CA;
James Gregson, Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
General Fusion, Inc., Burnaby, British Columbia, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21B 1/03 (2006.01); G21B 1/19 (2006.01); H05H 1/02 (2006.01); G21B 3/00 (2006.01); H05H 1/54 (2006.01); H05H 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H 1/02 (2013.01); G21B 3/006 (2013.01); H05H 1/24 (2013.01); H05H 1/54 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of systems and methods for compressing plasma are disclosed in which plasma can be compressed by impact of a projectile on a magnetized plasma in a liquid metal cavity. The projectile can melt in the liquid metal cavity, and liquid metal may be recycled to form new projectiles.